ASHLEY Slanina-Davies played Amy Barnes for 12 years.

Amy Barnes was played by actress Ashley Slanina-Davies [Lime Pictures]

Hollyoaks’ character Amy Barnes was introduced to the Channel 4 soap in 2005.

She was involved in a number of big, gripping storylines, including her teen pregnancy.

The character was written out of the show in 2017, murdered in a dramatic ‘whodunnit’ plot.

Actress Ashley Slanina-Davies played the character for 12 years, and revealed she was sad to leave the show after so long.

Ashley Slanina-Davies has been relatively quiet since leaving Hollyoaks in 2017 [Wenn]-

It was her first role, but she also appeared in 2006's Dancing On Ice.

However it seems she could make a career change, as while she's remained relatively quiet, she has a very impressive degree and would like to work in brain research.

Speaking after taking a break from the soap before her final exit last year she told the Metro: "I didn’t act when I wasn’t here at Hollyoaks – I went to uni and studied neuroscience.

"A lot of people say that it’s very different from acting, but you can see them as the same thing because neuroscience is the scientific study of the brain and the nervous system – and, by extension, people.